美国行星资源集团公布了一项到近地小行星进行勘探,并最终开采贵重金属和稀有矿产的计划。谷歌公司高管拉里·佩奇和埃里克·施密特,以及著名导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆等人都加入了这项风险投资。这家公司的总部位于华盛顿的贝尔维学院,最初将着眼于研发并出售价格极其低廉的机器人宇宙飞船,用于太空探测的航天任务。公司联合创始人彼得·戴曼迪斯和艾瑞克·安德森说,行星资源集团预计2年内在近地轨道进行一次示范性飞行任务。 American Planetary Resources Group announced a plan to explore near-Earth asteroids and eventually mine precious metals and rare minerals. Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, as well as the famous director James Cameron and others have joined the venture capital. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company will initially focus on developing and selling low-cost robotic spacecraft for space missions in space exploration. Company co-founders Peter Daymandis and Eric Anderson said Planetary Resources expects to conduct a demonstration mission in near-Earth orbit within two years.